Criminal courts never found anyone accountable for the SS Eastland disaster, but experts said the ship was top-heavy in its design, and that modifications exacerbated the problem in the 12 years it sailed. lives. (Source: Library of Congress)

On July 24, 1915, Bob Satterfield was crossing the Clark Street Bridge on his way to work, when he witnessed the capsizing of the SS Eastland. He watched the rescue attempts, and drew this sketch that morning, while it was still fresh in his mind. It was published on July 27, 1915. (Source: Wikimedia Commons)

Liz Richards, who has a fertility and pregnancy practice in Northeast Portland, says that as assisted reproductive technologies have improved, "there's a higher quality of embryos that are being produced" as well.

When Erin Loew was trying to get pregnant, she had two embryos implanted - and one split, resulting in triplets. The girls were born after more than 34 weeks of gestation and are all healthy, says Liz Richards, who treated Loew with acupuncture. Loew also was a patient at Oregon Reproductive Medicine.